Effutu Municipal District is one of the twenty-two districts in Central Region,

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. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Awutu/Effutu/Senya District in 1988, until the southwest part of the district was split off by a decree of president

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on 29 February 2008 to create

Awutu Senya District Awutu Senya District is a former district that was located in Central Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Awutu/Effutu/Senya District on 29 February 2008. However on 28 June 2012, it was split out into two new distr ...

; thus the remaining part was elevated to municipal district assembly status to become Effutu Municipal District on that same year. The municipality is located in the southeast part of Central Region and has

Winneba Winneba is a town and the capital of Effutu Municipal District in Central Region of South Ghana. Winneba has a population of 55,331. Winneba, traditionally known as ''Simpa'', is a historic fishing port in south Ghana, lying on the south coa ...

as its capital town.

List of settlements

Sources

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District: Effutu Municipal District

References

Central Region (Ghana) Districts of the Central Region (Ghana) {{CentralRegionGH-geo-stub